La Mesa artist recognized by San Diego Watercolor Society
You could say that it reflects well on the local art scene La Mesa resident Robin Erickson just now won the Best of Theme award in the San Diego Watercolor Society s November member s exhibition Reflections in Play an in-gallery show presented by the the SDWS in Liberty Station Erickson s Best of Theme painting is titled St Mark s Basilica The painting was selected for the honor out of entries by local artist and juror Janice Cipriani-Willis Wonderful reflections commented Cipriani-Willis The small figures in the background anchor the composition They re just splendid The detail of the reflected basilica is remarkable The contrast of the warms against the cools lends to the liveliness of the painting It really shines The exhibition will run through Saturday Nov at the SDWS gallery at Dewey Road in Liberty Station and is free to the general from Wednesday through Sunday Dewey Road Erickson is a California artist who has been painting for nearly years She has focused exclusively on watercolor painting and announced that reflections are what interest her and what she seeks to paint In the mid- s with no prior art experience she was persuaded by a co-worker to take an evening art class at the local locality college and the experience turned out to be transformational She fell in love with watercolor painting set up a studio at home and began painting every evening She joined the San Diego Watercolor Society began showing her work and never looked back Erickson left her career as a mathematician analyst for the Naval Research and Advancement Laboratory moved to Fallbrook in to a new studio and was at that time able to devote herself to full-time painting She has studied with multiple internationally known painters and holds signature memberships in the International Master Watercolour Alliance the American Watercolor Society the National Watercolor Society Watercolor West and the San Diego Watercolor Society among others Find more of Erickson s work at her website Paintings can be viewed and purchased directly from the gallery and are also available to view and purchase here
